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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
2
Farmers employing temporary help for under two weeks may apply to the Local Ration Board for transient labour rations but requests for fewer than 12 meals are denied. If all meals are provided by the applicant, five meals per man per day are allowed.
The article argues that wartime restrictions on food remain tight in Europe while Canada maintains ample supplies. It notes rationing causes some inconvenience but not real hardship and asserts Canadians would secure a sufficient diet even if rationing expanded. It compares Canadian food security favorably to liberated Europe and other nations.
A wartime appeal recalls sacrifices to supply nourishing food to starving Europeans. It notes Allied nations including Great Britain and the United States share responsibility and that Germany will receive no outside food aid. The message urges cheerful sacrifices to restore health amid post occupation malnutrition.
The article notes wartime rationing in Britain persists with reduced meat rations from 116 to 100 pounds per person per year, sugar supply down 300000 tons annually, and fats and oils down 350000 tons. It highlights global shortages and cautions no peace and plenty until worldwide conditions improve.
The Admiralty details Britain's minesweeping campaign in Europe, noting 16 000 mines cleared and 237 vessels lost 99 to mining and 68 to air attacks. It recalls May 1 1941 minelay blocks ports and the rise of 1 350 minesweepers serving at sea. It references German mine deployment and early war losses while noting birds have four feather types.
Royalty’s moving day in London as Curzon House in Mayfair is dismantled to form a 30 room substitute palace. Workmen merge eight flats, install bomb and gas proof shelters, and furnish with items from Buckingham Palace. Only permanent resident is housekeeper Mrs Freeman who wards off reporters with a regal glance.
A lighthearted montage of quips from a variety of speakers. A grocer, bride, judge, actors, drivers, and soldiers share witty lines about cooking, driving, love, and travel. A battleship fact notes it moves vast air as it operates.
GE research notes a cigarette end runs hotter than aluminum or magnesium melting point, yet tobacco acts as an insulator, sparing the smoker from lip burns.
Britain allocates about 50 million pounds to a peace time bill aimed at abolishing the blackout. The majority of the funds will go toward cleaning thousands of acres of glass in plants and 2629 factories.
An anonymous donor offered to give five pounds weekly for every week of danger during V bomb attacks last July. He sustained 41 weeks of payments despite damage to his home. He sent a cheque to the United States to aid a service man's child or a war widow through the Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen's Families Association Fund.
Marine Lieut George Thompson and four Marines faced 350 Japanese in a clearing. While signaling his command post, Thompson used psychological warfare by offering four packs of cigarettes to keep the enemy from firing. The Japanese then committed mass suicide, with over 150 casualties, including women, witnessed by the U.S. unit.
North Dakota outdoors reports 75 geese found dead near Devil's Lake and asks if lightning could cause the deaths. A GE Research Laboratories note suggests geese may be killed by lightning when flying through a discharge area, even if protected, drawing a comparison to aircraft vulnerabilities.
Arthur Witham Keep, a Birmingham export merchant who avoided sport travel and swimming, leaves £168,113 to Birmingham Corporation. The bequest funds playing fields tram and bus shelters and swimming paddling pools after he saw people waiting in rain for transport as he drove by.
A German POW on a Idaho farm near Nampa said Hitler promised a march across North America but warned it would be on hands and knees. The remark reflects wartime morale and fears as confinement continued during occupation.
A recipe for cherry All-Bran muffins using shortening sugar milk eggs and Kellogg’s All-Bran. Mix shortening and sugar add egg then sifted flour salt baking powder and All-Bran. Alternate with milk fold in chopped cherries bake two thirds full in greased muffin pans at 400 F for about 25 minutes.
Twenty two acres of gardens and a private pool host the Peace and Quiet service women's centre at Oakville Ontario established last January for Wrens CWACs and WDs. Captain Betty Anderson directs fitness while patients rest with minimal military discipline. Activities include crafts dancing swimming bicycles films and discussions with frequent dances inviting guests from other centres. Most patients stay three to four weeks for rest and relaxation.
Oliver E. Ebel of the Kansas Medical Society reports a new chlorophyll based drug is curing five miracles at an army hospital in Topeka. He says the preparation stops drainage from wounds and is among the most potent wound healers discovered.
A compilation of quotes urging justice over force and peace through universal love. Prominent figures like Lloyd George, Galsworthy, Tennyson, Channing, Mary Baker Eddy, and Madame Chiang Kai Shek espouse forgiveness, truth, and the triumph of right over violence.
The Windsor Star notes a 96 year old Michigan woman remains active yet highlights a life of domestic work. The piece contrasts her routine with those who participate in broader society and mentions Roman military signaling lights as an area of importance.
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